JPH0442206B2 - - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to an improvement in a removable roof device for a motor vehicle.

As shown in Fig. 1, in a vehicle body 2 where the roof 1 is very small, such as a sports car, a removable roof 4, 4, rather than a sliding roof, is attached to the opening 3, 3 formed in the roof 1. In addition, the removable roofs 4, 4 are designed with two roofs in order to reduce weight and make them more compact and to facilitate installation and removal work.
(Refer to Utility Model Application Publication No. 55-120518).

However, since the split removable roof described above is of the so-called T-bar type in which the center roof 5 is left between the left and right removable roofs 4, 4, it does not look good, and there are seals on both sides of the center roof 5 ( Since it is necessary to form a rain rail, there is a problem in that the pressing process becomes expensive.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to provide a removable roof device for an automobile that looks good when attached to the roof and has excellent aerodynamic characteristics.

Therefore, in the present invention, the removable roof that covers the opening formed in the roof of the vehicle body is divided into at least two parts, and at least one divided end of the adjacent divided removable roofs has a space between the two parts. A seal member for sealing is attached, and the divided ends of adjacent split removable roofs are butted against each other by the seal member, and the space between the split removable roofs is sealed in a flush state, and the space between the split removable roofs is sealed under the seal member. A rain rail is located on either one of the adjacent split removable roofs, and each of the split removable roofs is removably attached to the periphery of the opening by means of a locking means. It is characterized by

Embodiments of the invention will now be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

As shown in FIGS. 2, 3 and 4, a roof 11 of a sports car type automobile body 10
A long rectangular opening 12 is formed in the left and right sides, and a series of rain rails 13 are formed around the periphery of the opening 12 by bending the front, left and right roof outer parts 11a, 11b, 11c, and 11d into a U-shape. A series of weather strips 14 are fitted to the rising ends of each roof outer 11a to 11d.

As shown in FIG. 5, a drainage hose 15 passing through the pillar is connected to the rain rail 13.
Rainwater etc. accumulated on the rain rail 13 is discharged to the outside of the vehicle.

The opening 12 is provided with a removable roof 16 which is fitted into the opening 12 and whose inner panel 16c is sealed by contacting the weather strip 14.

The removable roof 16 has two parts on the left and right in the center part.
These are divided roofs 16a and 16b.

A series of seal members 17a and 17b are fitted into the joints between the inner panel 16c and the outer panel 16d of each of the split roofs 16a and 16b, respectively.

The left seal member 17a of the left split roof 16a is
The right seal member 17 of the right split roof 16b contacts the front and left roof outer parts 11a, 11b, and 11c.
b is the front and right roof outer 11a, 11b, 1
1d and as shown in FIG. 8a,
Left seal member 1 at the split end of the left split roof 16a
7a and the right seal member 17b at the split end of the right split roof 16b butt against each other and come into contact (butt type), and seal with the respective contact portions.

As shown in FIGS. 6 and 7, on the inner panel 16c on the lower surface of the split end side of the right split roof 16b, there are rises 18a and 18 that serve as weirs on both sides.
a, and a rain rail 1 in front and behind the opening 12
3 is welded to one end of the rain rail 18 that projects upward, and the inner panel 16 of the left split roof 16a is welded to the other end of the rain rail 18.
c is fitted with a sealing member 19 that contacts and seals.

The rain rail 18 has a left and right split roof 16.
Left and right seal members 17 at both divided ends of a and 16b
a, 17b (sealing member), and discharges rainwater etc. that have entered from this sealing member to the rain rail 13 of the opening 12. Note that the rain rail 18 may be provided on the left split roof 16a side.

Rising portions 18a, 18a of the rain rail 18
If the structure is provided with a rain rail 18', the lower surface of the removable roof 16 will be flat, but it may also be a rain rail 18' recessed downward as shown in FIG. 8b.

On the other hand, as shown in FIGS. 3 and 7, hinge mails 20, 20 protruding forward from two locations are fixed to the front parts of the left and right split roofs 16a, 16b with bolts 21, 21, and The hinge mail 2 is attached to the rising portion of the front roof outer 11a of the opening 12 corresponding to the hinge mails 20, 20.
The hinge females 22, 22 each have an elastic material inside which can be inserted with the bolts 23, 2.
3 and inserting the hinge mail 20 into the hinge female 22, the left and right split roof 1 is fixed.
The front parts of 6a and 16b are now locked.
Note that since the inside of the hinge female 22 is made of an elastic material, the rear portions of the left and right split roofs 16a and 16b can be tilted up.

Further, at the rear of the left and right split roofs 16a and 16b, as shown in FIGS. 9a and 9b, a hollow manual lever 26 is attached to a bracket 25 fixed to the inner panel 16c with screws 24, 24. At the same time, a pair of locking levers 28, 2 are attached to the rear of the manual lever 26.
8 is pivotally connected with a hinge pin 29 to fix a lock pin 30 to the front part of the locking levers 28, 28, while the lock pin 30 of the locking levers 28, 28
In the rear roof inner 11e of the opening corresponding to 0,
A hook 31, which can engage and detach the lock pin 30, is fixed with bolts 32, 32.

Therefore, as shown in FIG. 9a, by locking the locking pin 30 of the locking lever 28 with the hook 31 and rotating the manual lever 26 counterclockwise, the rear portions of the left and right split roofs 16a and 16b are opened. It becomes locked, and as shown in Figure 9b,
By rotating the manual lever 26 around the hour hand and rotating the locking lever 28 around the lock pin 30 around the hour hand, the manual lever 26 and the locking lever 28 are expanded linearly. The rear portions of the split roofs 16a, 16b are tilted up.
In this case, the manual lever 26 and the locking lever 28 are held in the expanded state by the stopper. In this state, by removing the lock pin 30 of the locking lever 28 from the hook 31, the left and right split roof 16
a, 16b can be removed from the opening 12 pulled rearward.

Note that it is possible to tilt up and remove only one of the split roofs 16a or 16b to which the rain rail 18 is not attached.

If the removable roof 16 is configured as described above, when the removable roof 16 is closed, the left and right split roof 16
The front portions of a and 16b are locked by a hinge mail 20 and a hinge female 22, and the rear portions are locked by a manual lever 26, a locking lever 28, and a hook 31.

Rainwater, etc. that has entered through the seal portion formed by the seal members 17a, 17b on the outer periphery of the left and right split roofs 16a, 16b collects on the rain rail 13, and rainwater, etc. that has entered from the seal portion formed by the central seal members 17a, 17b is collected from the rain rail 18. It is discharged onto the rain rail 13 and then discharged out of the vehicle through the drainage hose 15. Since the seal member 19 of the rain rail 18 has a double seal structure together with the seal members 17a and 17b, the waterproof and soundproof effects are improved.

Next, when tilting up the removable roof 16, it is sufficient to operate the manual lever 26 as described above to unfold it in a straight line together with the locking lever 28.

When the removable roof 16 is to be removed, the lock pin 30 of the locking lever 28 is removed from the hook 31 in the tilted-up state as described above, and the left and right split roofs 16a, 16b are pulled rearward.

In the above embodiment, the left seal member 17a at the split end of the left split roof 16a and the right seal member 17b at the split end of the right split roof 16b are of the butt type, but FIGS. 10a and 10b As shown in FIG. 2, the split end of the left split roof 16a is bent into a U-shape to form a rain rail 33 in the front-rear direction, and the bottom surface of the inner panel 16c of the right split roof 16b is formed at the rise of the split end. The left seal member 17a is fitted so as to contact and seal, while the right seal member 17b at the split end of the right split roof 16b is brought into contact with and sealed against the rising edge of the outer panel 16d of the left split roof 16a. It can also be used as a combination type.

In this case, in order to prevent rainwater from entering through the sealed portion by the left seal member 17a, one end of the auxiliary rain rail 34 is welded to the inner panel 16c of the right split roof 16b, and the other end is attached to the left split roof. Inner panel 16c of 16a
A sealing member 35 that contacts and seals the lower surface of the housing may be fitted. The seal member 35 of this auxiliary rain rail 34 is the seal member 17a, 1
Together with 7b, it forms a triple seal structure, further improving the waterproof and soundproofing effects.

Note that, as shown in FIG. 10b, the rain rail 33 and the auxiliary rain rail 34 may be attached to the left and right split roofs 16a and 16b in reverse.

As is clear from the above explanation, the present invention
Since the removable roof is divided into parts, a sealing member is attached to the divided ends, the rain rail of one of the removable roofs is positioned below this sealing member, and each divided roof is attached by a locking means.
Since the removable roof is a split type, it is easy to install and remove it, and there is no center roof, and when the roof is installed, the split ends of adjacent split removable roofs are butted against each other with a sealing member, so they are split flush. The seal between the removable roof improves the appearance, and the sealing member of the removable roof seals the split end, reducing the sealing part (rain rail) on the vehicle body side, simplifying the pressing process and reducing costs. will be able to achieve this.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of an automobile equipped with a conventional removable roof device, FIG. 2 is a plan view of an automobile equipped with a removable roof device according to the present invention, and FIG.
A cross-sectional view, Figure 4 is a - cross-sectional view of Figure 2, and Figure 5 is a cross-sectional view of Figure 2.
The figure is a sectional view of Fig. 2, Fig. 6 is a sectional view of Fig. 2, Fig. 7 is an exploded perspective view of the right split roof, Fig. 8a is a sectional view of Fig. 2, and Fig. 8 b
FIG. 8a is a sectional view showing a modification of the rain rail,
9a is a cross-sectional view of FIG. 2, FIG. 9b is a cross-sectional view of FIG. 9a when tilted up, and FIG. 10b is a sectional view corresponding to a modification of FIG. 10a, and FIG. 11 is a sectional view corresponding to FIG. 10a.
FIG. 10...Vehicle body, 11...Roof, 12...Opening, 13...Rain rail, 14...Weather strip, 16...Removable roof, 16a...Left split roof, 16b...Right disassembly roof, 17a ,1
7b... Seal member, 18, 33... Rain rail, 20, 22, 26, 31... Locking means.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A removable roof that covers an opening formed in the roof of the vehicle body is divided into at least two parts, and a sealing member is attached to at least one end of the split between the two adjacent removable roof parts. The divided ends of adjacent split removable roofs are butted against each other by the sealing member, and the space between the split removable roofs is sealed in a flush state. An automobile characterized in that a rain rail provided on either one of the removable roofs is located, and each of the split removable roofs is removably attached to the peripheral edge of the opening by means of a locking means. removable roof device.